The elm cultivar ''Ulmus × hollandica'' 'Haarlemensis', said to have been grown from seed c.1880 from a

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parent tree, was first listed by Springer as ''U. campestris haarlemensis'' in 1912.

Description

A slow-growing tree, forming an unbroken, broad pyramidal crown, with small, glossy, dark-green leaves persisting for several weeks longer than most in autumn. Sheet labelled ''U. carpinifolia'' 'Haarlemensis' (Springer), Poort Bulten Arboretum , Oldenzaal (1929) Sheet labelled ''U. campestris'' 'Haarlemensis', Haarlem (1915)

Cultivation

Saplings grown from seed by

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head forester J. Kollerie were first planted along a new canal in the city in 1891. An ''U. campestris'' 'Haarlemensis' was cultivated in the Poort Bulten Arboretum in the 20th century. No specimens are known to survive.

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